Facts About BPA

BPA Now Linked to Asthma: Test Your BPA Knowledge

Step away from your bottles! The concern over bisphenol A, otherwise known as BPA, has been on the rise for the past few years leading many baby product companies to change their manufacturing procedures. Earlier this week, at the Pediatric Academic Societies' annual meeting, researchers presented information tying the prenatal exposure to the plastics byproduct with childhood asthma. While many states are in the process of banning BPA from baby and kids products, how much do you understand about this chemical and its effects on the human body? Take this quiz to test your BPA knowledge.

BPA Now Linked to Asthma: Test Your BPA Knowledge

In which of the following products is BPA primarily used?

True or False: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has banned the use of polycarbonate baby bottles due to BPA levels.

Which parts of the anatomy are not suspected to be affected by BPA exposure?

Which of the following bottle manufacturers did not agree to stop using BPA ?

True or False: The concern over BPA is limited to the manufacturing of baby bottles.

This is why I have been using stainless steel and/or glass containers for everything. We have a "Think Baby" feeding set that I absolutely love! I am slowly trying to weed out all of our plastic stuff -- I just don't want to risk it. Who knows what is being leeched into our food when plastic is warmed in the microwave, frozen, etc.